PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nobuhiro Nakamura (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Henrique Tavares (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tavares has chosen Devour the Day - Get Out of My Way as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Henrique Tavares enters the cage!

Nakamura
vs
Tavares

188 cm
27
209 lbs
11 - 0 - 0

195 cm
32
210 lbs
15 - 12 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Good kicks
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nobuhiro Nakamura!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 12 - 0, fighting out of New York, Henrique Tavares!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Steve Montenegro and Columbo Gatti.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nakamura throws a front kick aimed at Tavares's knee but Tavares avoids it well.
Tavares fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Nakamura has Tavares up against the cage in a clinch.
A short uppercut from Nakamura.
Nakamura tries to stall but Tavares uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Nakamura blocking some punches.
Nakamura blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tavares throws a punch but it's blocked by Nakamura.
Nakamura landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Nakamura misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tavares fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nakamura works on Tavares's body with a couple of short punches.
Tavares throws a punch but it's blocked by Nakamura.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tavares throws a punch but it's blocked by Nakamura.
Tavares takes a shot to the head.
A nice left hand lands by Nakamura.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tavares.
Nakamura swings wildly with an uppercut but Tavares uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nakamura swings wildly with an uppercut but Tavares uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee is keeping an eye on Nakamura - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
A body shot lands from Nakamura.
Tavares gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Nakamura throws an elbow but misses.
Nakamura digs a right hand underneath Tavares's ribcage. Tavares let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Nakamura is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Tavares is keeping busy.
Nakamura working some nice short punches in the clinch.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Tavares has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Tavares throws a head punch that misses.
Tavares misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nakamura lands with a short shot to the head.
Nakamura tries to work over Tavares's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short right from Nakamura on the inside.
Nakamura throws a head punch that misses.
Nakamura cracks Tavares with a nice body shot.
Tavares lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Nakamura blocking some punches.
Tavares misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nakamura blocks an uppercut.
Nakamura lands with a short shot to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nakamura takes a shot to the head.
A short uppercut from Tavares.
Nakamura lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

Tavares is rocked!
Nakamura unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Tavares! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Nakamura is unloading with more strikes now! Tavares drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nobuhiro Nakamura!
Nobuhiro Nakamura is the new light heavyweight champion!
A relieved looking Nobuhiro Nakamura thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.